Best way to implement startup of App between certain hours..

<shofu_au RemoveThis @yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> My ISP has changed it rules and now does not could downloads between
> midnight and midday in your monthly usage. So I would like to use a
> Bitorrent program between these hours. I am currently using Azureus
>
> On my Powerbook laptop I have the Energy Saver to boot my laptop at
> midnight and shutdown at midday. In my Account I have set the Login
> Items to automatically start Azureus.
>
> This all works fine for the middle of the night when I am sleeping.
>
> However if I turn my laptop on during the day Azureus still starts and
> it can be really slow to stop, due to its long startup process.
>
> Is there anyway to limit the actually starting of Azureus (and other
> programs) via Mac OSX between the hours of midnight and midday?

A reasonably simple AppleScript application can be created to
conditionally launch an application during certain times of day.

Launch Script Editor and copy and paste the following into the window
for a new script:


set theHour to hours of (current date)
if theHour >= 0 and theHour < 6 then
tell application "Azureus" to activate
end if


If you run this script between midnight and 6 a.m., it will launch
Azureus. Any other time of the day it will do nothing.

Click on the "Run" button to test it (adjust the time comparison numbers
to confirm that it actually launches Azureus).

Once you are satisfied that it does what you want, use Save As, and
select the following options:

File Format: application
Options: Make sure "Run Only", "Startup Screen" and "Stay Open" are not
selected.

Save it in a convenient location, such as in your applications folder,
or somewhere in your home folder. Call it something like "Azureus
Nightly Launch".

You can now put that application in your login items, so if you start up
the computer after midnight and before 6 a.m., it will launch Azureus,
but if you start up at other times of day it won't.

If you want to amend the script later, you need to open "Azureus Nightly
Launch.app" from inside Script Editor. You can do this by dragging and
dropping the application on to Script Editor.app, or using the Open
command in the File menu after launching Script Editor.

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David Empson
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